What was once a parking lot on a busy stretch in the village of Shorewood has been dug up and then built up by developer Mandel Group Inc. into its 84-unit LightHorse 4041 apartments. Check out the attached slideshow to see photos of the construction of the project put together by The Business Journal's Lee Matz.

The building at 4041 N. Oakland Ave. still is under construction, but earlier this month was almost 50 percent pre-leased. One-fifth of the units in the building are affordable apartments priced at $750 a month for a one-bedroom unit. The first floor of the building is a Walgreens store.

Starting in mid-September, apartments will be available for lease on the LightHorse’s top floor. Other floors will become available over the next two months as crews work their way through the building from the top down.

For the curious: the building’s name comes from the 105th Light Horse Squadron of the Wisconsin National Guard, which based its cavalry unit on the property long ago.